Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) are gaining importance in the field of medicine owing to
their antibacterial and anticancer properties. SeNPs are biocompatible and non-toxic …

In nature, selenium is actively cycled between oxic and anoxic habitats, and this cycle plays
an important role in carbon and nitrogen mineralization through bacterial anaerobic …

Selenium is a trace element in the human body present in various enzymes with antioxidant
activities and several functional proteins. This study is aimed at synthesizing selenium …

Metal-bearing solid and liquid wastes are increasingly considered as secondary sources of
critical and scarce metals. Undoubtedly, microorganisms are a cost-effective resource for …

Selenium (Se) is not only a strategic element in high-tech electronics and an essential trace
element in living organisms, but also a potential toxin with low threshold concentrations …

Selenium is an essential trace element for humans, animals and microorganisms. Microbial
transformations, in particular, selenium dissimilatory reduction and bioremediation …

Selenium species, particularly the oxyanions selenite (SeO3 2−) and selenate (SeO4 2−),
are significant pollutants in the environment that leach from rocks and are released by …

In situ reduction of selenite to elemental selenium (Se (0)), by microorganisms in sediments
and soils is an important process and greatly affects the environmental distribution and the …

Microorganisms are capable of synthesizing metal nanoparticles, and specifically
Enterococcus faecalis bacteria were tested for its ability to synthesize selenium …

A native strain of Bacillus paramycoides isolated from the leachate of coal mine overburden
rocks was investigated for its potential to produce selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) by …